then check out Thomas Bartlett’s ‘best of the year’s free downloads’ over at Salon, there’s something for everyone.
Thomas says, “here are my 20 favorite downloads from Audiofile this year. As usual, they’re not as eclectic as I’d like, as it’s still the case that indie rock is the only genre to have fully embraced the [...]

If you’re not coming to the Moose party you should check this out:
Quasi, The Joggers, Grails, DJ Dantronix (All Ages)
$12.00 advance, $15.00 day of show
tickets available at jackpot records + brownpapertickets.com

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As the music industry continues to vacillate wildly, and no one can seem to agree upon whether or not downloading is gaining ground or slipping back, artists have continued to release some great, fresh music. Here at the Moose much music in the form of CDs, MP3s, vinyl and streams crosses our desks and a [...]

The New York Times reported that James Brown, the singer, songwriter, bandleader and dancer who indelibly transformed 20th-century music, died early Christmas Day in Atlanta. He was 73 and lived in Beech Island, S.C., across the Savannah River from Augusta, Ga. Mr. Brown died of congestive heart failure after being hospitalized for pneumonia, said his [...]

(l-r) Selma, Julie, Paddy.
The city went weirdly quiet yesterday so presumably everyone has done with the gift buying and hunkered down for a long weekend of eating and drinking. Whatever your faith it’s the holidays. Meanwhile I had a birthday to celebrate yesterday so I found myself in an ersatz gastro pub on west 3rd [...]

As promised, a live track from S Youth at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas fest.
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Portland movie director Gus Van Sant was arrested Thursday for driving under the influence of intoxicants, police reported today. Van Sant, 54, an Oscar-nominated director whose film credits include “Elephant,” “Finding Forrester” and “Good Will Hunting,” was arrested early Thursday morning after a police officer saw him accelerate rapidly after stopping at a traffic signal. [...]

In search of warmer climes (it was 29º when I left Portland) I drove south for exactly 997 miles to spend time in my friends’ Ron and Ellen Stone’s house in Los Angeles, while they drove about the same distance NE to Vail, Colorado in search of skiing and snowboarding. I believe they found it, [...]